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Sachs' Disease (1999)

Sachs' Disease poster
Original title
La Maladie de Sachs
Directed by
Michel Deville
Genre
drama film
Country
France
Runtime
1h 42m
Rating
6.5 of 10 from 31 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A doctor in a small French town listens to his patients and their stories. The film shows the daily life and emotional toll of his work.

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What happens

Sachs' Disease (original title: La Maladie de Sachs) is a 1999 French drama film directed by Michel Deville from a novel by Martin Winckler. It won the French Syndicate of Cinema Critics Prix Méliès, and received César nominations for Best Actor, Best Director and Best Original Screenplay or Adaptation. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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